“Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
Things fall apart. Sometimes they fall apart slowly, just waiting for the other shoe to drop so life can turn around and kick you in the ass with it. Other times it happens like a whirlwind, giving you the biggest case of whiplash you'll ever experience . At the time, all we can see is the cloud and never the silver lining. When things fall apart, we are often left wondering what went wrong, what could have changed, and what could have happened differently. We often wonder and question ourselves, our motives, and our happiness. Looking back at numerous points in my life, this has been me. I have been to the point of not understanding why things were happening the way they were, and why things just wouldn't work out the way I wanted them to.
But that's the thing. Nothing is ever supposed to work out the way we want them to. Nothing is ever supposed to go according to our plan. At the end of the day, His plan is greater than any other plan that we could have created for ourselves.
It may not be today or tomorrow, next month, or six months down the road; but one day, you look back and realize that everything fell apart just perfectly. Just how it was supposed to. You will realize that God took away the very thing you wanted most, to make room for the things that you needed most. He will take away your “Good” Life, and create for you the “Best Life.” You will begin to understand that your life fell apart how you needed it to in order to be the person you are today. Without the struggle, there would be no strength. God needed your heart to break for you to heal properly. Like a bone that heals in the wrong direction and needs to be broken and set again. You lost that friend, you broke off that relationship, and you did not get the job. All because it was meant to happen andmeant to be that way. You will look back and realize he took away the things that prevented you from progressing to be the person you were always meant to be.
For those of you reading this, and feel like your world is falling apart right now, let me tell you, it is all happening for a reason. His plan is so much greater than any plan you could ever create. It may not seem like it now, but you will be happier that things did not turn out the way you want them to. This very second, you are being molded into the very person you were meant to be. As Romans 8:18 states, “the pain you are feeling cannot even compare to the joy that is coming.” Push forward, find your happiness, and you will prevail. You will look back like the rest of us and discover that you are so happy your plan fell apart. You will be grateful that He rescued you from the life you thought you wanted, and the things you thought you needed and depended on.
I hope the person looking back at you in the mirror makes you proud, and I truly mean that, for anyone reading this. I hope you take a look in the mirror, and have been as fortunate as I am, to truly understand that your life had to fall apart to really fall together.
